Basic Installation

Before installing FMx-Auto, you must install and configure
DITA-FMx. DITA-FMx 1.1.14 or later is required for FMx-Auto 1.1.

Run the FMx-Auto
installer application.

This updates the maker.ini file
and installs the following files into the FrameMaker\DITA-FMx folder:

fmxauto_<fmver>.dll - FDK client plugin
DLL

fmxauto.chm - Online Help

FMx-Auto_Sample.zip - Sample AutoFM script
and source files

Authorize FMx-Auto.

Restart
FrameMaker. On the DITA-FMx menu you should
see a new entry for DITA-FMx
> FMx Addons > FMx-Auto.
If you have purchased FMx-Auto you will receive an authorization
code via email by clicking the “request auth code” link on your
Tool Administration page after logging on to leximation.com.

If
you need a trial authorization code, select the Try Now menu
item on the DITA-FMx > FMx
Addons > FMx-Auto menu.

After restarting
FrameMaker, you can verify that DITA-FMx is FMx-Auto enabled by choosing About
DITA-FMx on the DITA-FMx menu. You should see “FMx-Auto enabled”
on the first line after the version information. If this is not
shown, contact Leximation for assistance.

Figure 1. About DITA-FMx
dialog showing “FMx-Auto enabled”

Install AutoFM and test using the provided sample files.

If you are planning to use AutoFM for automation,
download and run the AutoFM installer application, then extract
and test the AutoFM sample files provided with FMx-Auto.

If you purchased FMx-Auto, an AutoFM license will be included.
If you are using an FMx-Auto trial license, you’ll need to request
a trial license for AutoFM from the Pubs-Tools
> AutoFM > Try Now menu.

AutoFM is installed in the FrameMaker\Pubs-Tools folder
and will show up on a Pubs-Tools menu in
FrameMaker. Enter the authorization code for AutoFM by choosing Pubs-Tools > AutoFM
> Enter Authorization Code.

For your convenience, the Run AutoFM Script and New
AutoFM Script commands are added to the FMx-Auto menu
so these commands are available on both the FMx-Auto and AutoFM menus.

Figure 2. Run AutoFM command on FMx-Addons menu

Sample files are provided with FMx-Auto and are installed
in the FrameMaker\DITA-FMx folder. Instructions
for using these sample files are provided in the topic, Testing the Installation with AutoFM.

Before you can use AutoFM, you must install the AutoFM structure
application. After installing AutoFM, you should be prompted to
auto-install this structure application.

To manually install
the structure application, extract the contents of the AutoFM_app.zip (installed
to the FrameMaker\Pubs-Tools folder) to your FrameMaker\Structure\xml folder.
In the resulting AutoFM folder you'll find
a “structapps stub” file (similar to that used with DITA-FMx). Add
this to the structure application definitions file to install the
AutoFM app.

Important: Windows 7 users will likely
see the “Application has stopped responding” message from the OS
when FrameMaker exits. To prevent this message, perform the minor
registry tweak described in the Troubleshooting topic in the AutoFM
documentation.

Note: When using a trial license of FMx-Auto, the generated book
size is limited to 100 pages. The complete book will be built, but
the text on all pages after the 100th page will be modified slightly.
One paragraph on each page will have the text "*** MODIFIED ***" added
to it, and random paragraphs on each page will have additional words
added to them.